Blown Away season 3 has been released on Netflix, and eager fans have likely been able to consume all the episodes in one sitting. After competing against nine other experienced glassblowers, season 3 has a winner. With John Moran announced as the winner of the newest season, fans are eager to find out more about the experienced artist.

Unlike newcomers Minhi England and John Sharvin, who competed with John Moran in the semifinal, John has been a glassblower for over 20 years and created a lot of his artwork around his fear of failure and family struggles. To a Blown Away viewer, it appears that John based the future of his career on the ability to complete the competition due to the struggle of getting the resources to create art. Now with a guaranteed art exhibition at the Corning Museum of Glass and a $60,000 prize package, John has been able to accomplish a lot since the show.

If fans are eager to see John’s work in person, they have time to plan as the Blown Away season 3 winner will be doing a visiting artist series on November 9-16, 2022, at the Corning Museum of Glass. During his stay, John will be continuing his work which poses social commentary on Disney characters from the infamous film Peter Pan. Fans can also find his work, Mickey Mori, at the BlowFish Gallery grand opening event on August 26 and 27, 2022. John is also working towards his Ph.D. as a candidate at Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland.

When John is not jet-setting around Europe, he is easily accessible via his website backdoorart.com, which showcases past and present projects, artwork available for purchase, exhibitions, and where he is located. John currently owns and operates his own studio in Ghent, Belgium. At Gent Glas, John leads workshops and classes to show people the beauty of glass-blown art. The studio also has a full bar, which John tends to himself on occasion. The idea has a dual purpose of showcasing glasses made by the attending artists and encouraging people to support the artist’s work.

Overall, Blown Away has created opportunities for John that wouldn’t have been possible without his star power and global reach. In an article with UrbanGlass, John revealed that people from Argentina and Uruguay have reached out to him about his work, creating an opportunity for support on a much larger scale. Even though there is always the question of exploitation of artists and condensation of work for the means of production and entertainment on a reality competition show, John is more grateful for the show than not. There is no question that John can only grow as he continues to work on his craft.

Sources: Corning Museum of Glass, Gent Glas, UrbanGlass, BackDoorArt